Bottle crate



July 31, 1934- E. L. HERBOLSHEIMER BOTTLE CRATE Filed April 26, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INETOR ATTORNEYS BY CQAJ-MVQA/W July 31, 1 34- E. 1.. HERBOLSHEIMER 1,968,295

BOTTLE CRATE Filed April 26, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNE"5 l atented .iui 31', i934 1,9 3,295;

a Borers oaa'rnz Emil Lpl-le'rholsheimer, Defiance; Ohio, assignor to The Defiancelressed "Steel-Company; De fiance, Ohio, at corporatioii'of Ghio Application April 26, 1933,. Serial No; seaoso 5 Claims. f (Cl. 217- 19) This invention relates to bottle cratesand parcratetis provided withitwo longitudinal bars or ticularly to :thev arrangement of metallic bars strips 15 which have their ends 16 turned lateror strips to define cells or compartmentswithin .ally and secured to the ends of the crate. There which the bottlesare individually held. are also three pairs of transverse strips 18 having vide a strongandzdurable. construction for the the sides. of the crate, thus dividing the interior purpose stated at moderate cost, bearing in ."f.-th9 crate into 12 cells or compartments for mind that crates of this kindare subjected to receiving'theindividual bottles. Each transverse extremelyihard usage. partition therefore comprises a pair of strips 17, I

The preferred construction. of the invention each strip having arcuate portions 18 adapted to and the advantages of thesame will be specifically fit :one side of the. bottle. The strips .18 are flat explained inconnection withthe-accompanyin and comparatively thin and wide so that they drawings, in whichpresent a broad, flat surface in supporting rela- Figure ,1 is an isometric view of a crate contion to the side of the bottle. They are disposed ,,structed according to the invention; with parts so as to offer the greatest resistance to vertical 7 lhe general object of the inventionis to pro laterally turnedoverlapping ends 19 secured to broken away impact, yet are sufficiently yieldable laterally to Figure 2 is a bottomplanviewof the crate accommodate the. usual variations in size of the with theinteriorparts omitted; bottles. incident to their manufacture. Centrally Figure3 is an enlarged plan view of "a portion. of the arcuate portions v18, the strips have plane of theinterior construction; surfaces 20 which are welded together, thus fur 7 Figure 4 is a partial-vertical .section of .the ther. strengthening the partitions against vertical parts shownin Figure 3;: distortionor twisting.- .The longitudinal bars 15 1 Figure. 5 is aneenlarged :sectional detail view and. also portions of the'strips 17 arelongituditaken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3; nally beaded, as shown at 21 in Figure 6, to offer Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional detail view further resistance against bending and twisting taken on the line 66 of Figure 3; strains.

Figure '7 is a detail view of a modified form Where the strips 1'7 cross the longitudinal bars of partition joint; 15, inter-engaging notches 22 are provided in the Figure 8 is a view taken at right angles to respective members. These notches arearranged :;Figure 7. alternately in the upper and lower edges of the In its present embodiment, the invention is respective members so as to provide an interwoven associated with a crate having side and end effect, each of the members mutually supporting walls 10 which are provided at the corners with the other. The notches 22 are wide enough to protective metallic angle strips 11. The bottom permit a slight lateral play of the strips 17 as ;of the crate is of skeleton formation comprising they yield in response to the pressure of bottles metallic cross bars 12 anchored in the sides of of slightly varying size.

the crate with longitudinally disposed wires 13 In the modification shown in Figures 7 and 8, passing therethrough and having laterally turned the strip 15 is provided in its upper and lower ends 14 anchored in the ends of the crate. These edges with oppositely disposed notches 23, and

.-;wires 13 are arranged in pairs in such a manner the strip 20 is provided with a slot 24 of such that each bottle is directly supported by two shape as to permit the strip 15 to be inserted wires. therethrough and turned to a vertical position,

The bars 12 are preferably formed from sheet as shown. metal, each bar consisting of a strip folded lon- From the foregoing description it will be seen ugitudinally to form a hollow rib which is travthat the invention provides an interior construcersed by the wires 13, the edges of the strip tion which is comparatively inexpensive and being .turned outwardly to form base flanges which supports the bottles with sufficient resil- 25. The ends 26 of the strips are turned so as iency to reduce breakage to a minimum. At the to rest fiat against the side walls and are sesame time the strips 15 and 17 offer the utmost 5 ,..cured thereto. A bottom constructed in this resistance against vertical bending or twisting 5.

manner is inexpensive, yet has exceptional strains and are, therefore, not likely to become strength, distorted through the extremely hard usage to It is customary to design bottle crates to hold which bottle crates are usually subjected.

12 bottles each, arranged in three longitudinal While I have shown specifically one form of .:rows. With this end in view the interior of the crate to which the invention may be applied, it

will be apparent that the invention is capable of quite general application to crates of various types and that the specific construction thereof may be considerably modified without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:-

1. In a bottle crate, the combination with vertical side and end walls, of partitions extending from one vertical wall to the opposite wall, each of said partitions comprising a pair of strips having oppositely disposed concave portions to engage the sides of the bottles, each strip of the pair having a plane surface at the center of each concave portion which is welded to the corresponding surface of the other strips, the ends of said strips being turned inwardly and overlapping each other, means rigidly securing said overlapping ends to the vertical walls of the crate, and additional partition strips intersecting the first mentioned strips at right angles, said strips at their intersections having inter-engaging notches.

2. In a bottle crate, the combination with vertical side and end walls, of partitions secured to opposite vertical walls and each comprising a pair of sheet metal strips with oppositely disposed concave faces to engage the sides of the bottles, each concave portion of one strip being secured at the center thereof in engagement with the corresponding portion of the adjacent strip from its upper to its lower edge to prevent vertical or twisting distortion thereof, and additional partition strips intersecting the first mentioned strips at right angles, said strips at their intersections having interengaging notches.

3. In a bottle crate, the combination with vertical side and end walls, of partitions secured to opposite vertical walls and each comprising a pair of sheet metal strips with oppositely disposed concave faces to engage the sides of the bottles, the ends of said strips being turned inwardly and overlapping each other, means to rigidly secure said overlapping ends to the vertical walls, each concave portion of one strip being secured at the center thereof in engagement with the corresponding portion of the adjacent strip from its upper to its lower edge to prevent vertical or twisting distortion thereof, and additional partition strips intersecting the first mentioned strips at right angles, said strips at their intersections having inter-engaging notches.

4. In a bottle crate, the combination with vertical side and end walls, of partitions secured to opposite vertical walls and comprising a pair of sheet metal strips with oppositely disposed concave faces to engage the sides of the bottles, the ends of said strips being turned inwardly and overlapping each other, means to rigidly secure said overlapping ends to the vertical walls, the strips being spaced apart between said concave portions'and being alternately notched on the top and bottom, and additional partition strips intersecting said first mentioned strips at right angles, said strips being notched on the top and bottom to inter-engage the notches in said first mentioned strips.

5. In a bottle crate, the combination with vertical side and end walls, of partitions secured to opposite vertical walls and each comprising a pair of sheet metal strips with oppositely disposed concave faces to engage the sides of the bottles, the ends of said strips being turned inwardly and overlapping each other, means to rigidly secure said overlapping ends to the vertical walls, each' concave portion of one strip being secured at the center thereof in engagement with the corresponding portion of the adjacent strip from its upper to its lower edge to prevent vertical or twisting distortion thereof, the strips being spaced apart between said concave portions and being alternately notched on the top and bottom, and additional partition strips intersecting said first mentioned strips at right angles, said strips being notched on the top and bottom to inter-engage the notches in said first mentioned strips.

EMIL L. HERBOLSHEIMER. 

